Campaign connects voters with resources to be informed and engaged in 2026 and beyond 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2026 

 

Washington, D.C. — The nonpartisan education and voter engagement campaign See. Love. Vote. launched on July 9 with a virtual event featuring religious and civil rights leaders, justice-seekers, and student advocates. 

Led by NETWORK Advocates for Catholic Social Justice (a 501(c)(3) organization), along with over 50 faith and secular partners across the country, See. Love. Vote. connects communities with the tools they need to be informed and engaged voters, inspired by the common good. Speakers at the event shared what issues they see impacting their communities, how they’re responding with love, and what drives them to vote this year. 

Laurie Carafone, NETWORK Advocates Executive Director, said: “Together, we can make sure everyone has the tools they need to be informed and energized voters. We know that through civic engagement, we can have a say in the decisions that determine the future for hundreds of millions of people in the U.S., including our loved ones and all our communities.”   

Sandra Coles-Bell, Executive Director of the National Black Sisters’ Conference, said: “Let us invoke the words of Thea Bowman, our sister and leader: ‘Telling the true truth is our responsibility.’ We gather to remember the true truth that is being removed from the history of the United States and within our communities.” 

Jamie Beran, CEO of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, said: “Our tradition has a lot to say about what it means to build a just society together. And democracy and voting are core communal obligations, and they’re really anchored by our texts and traditions.” 

Haris Tarin, Vice President of Policy and Programming for the Muslim Public Affairs Council, said: “Every act of civic participation is an opportunity to stand with our neighbors to lift the voices of those on the margins and to shape a society that reflects justice, compassion, and the common good.” 

Maya Wiley, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference Education Fund, said: “What we are seeing now is nothing short of not just a grotesque attack on the very notion of multiracial democracy, and therefore the power of the people to participate in the selection of leaders … but also the ability to use that vote to raise problems and say how democracy should be trying to solve them for all of us.” 

Dr. Olivia Rizzo, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellow at Cleveland Clinic and member of Doctors for America, said: “What I see is shaped by what I see at the bedside, and there I see undeniable medical consequences of public policy.” Dr. Rizzo shared a story of a patient with asthma who has been admitted to the hospital four to five times due to complications from lack of leave at work, poor air quality, unaffordable medication, lack of childcare, and a heatwave that exacerbated her health, all social drivers of health that can be impacted by civic engagement and voting. 

José Duran, a leader with Escucha Mi Voz Iowa, an advocacy group for immigrant workers, said: “There is so much violence, and we are seeing this especially toward our Latino community. It’s because there isn’t love in our hearts, on behalf of the authorities that are supposed to protect us. When we don’t have love in our hearts, we respond with violence. … We should be carrying God’s love in our hearts and showing that example. We can show that example of love through support and helping one another, and through respecting one another and through fostering that sense of dignity amongst all of us.” 

Amiyuh Tobias, a NETWORK Sr. Carol Coston Fellow and student at Loyola University New Orleans, said that voting is important to Gen Z, despite feelings of burnout due to the circumstances they face. “My parents go out to vote for major elections but then become too worn down by life to bother with much else. They’ve accepted their life’s hardships, but my friends and I think that our parents deserve more, and so do we,” she said. “We love ourselves. We love each other. And we choose to walk in faith, hope, and in love. And that’s why we vote. And that’s why I will be voting.” 

Bishop Julius C. Trimble, General Secretary of the General Board of Church and Society, United Methodist Church, said: “In our tradition we believe that faith translated into action is really the greatest magnification of love itself. So God not only calls us to love God and love neighbor but to express that love in ways that demonstrate justice.” 

Annie Kachurek, a member of the Ohio NETWORK Advocates Team, shared that she and her husband, Bob, “are able to lean on each other for support, and we urge you to find like-minded people to help you as well. If we can do this, you can do this. And together we can see, love, and vote.” 

Bob Kachurek, a member of the Ohio NETWORK Advocates Team, said: “As people of faith, the power of love can strengthen us.” 

Sr. Carol Zinn, SSJ, Executive Director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, said: “Our families and our neighborhoods, our communities, our cities, states, country, church, the world, they need you. They need me right now. Not tomorrow, but now. And the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that. So may we hear the whisper of the Holy One who provides everything we need, to be the ones who live our lives from the why of our spirit. So that who we are and what we do always builds the beloved community, even and maybe especially in a political election process.” 

Sr. Robbie Pentecost, OSF, NETWORK Board Member, said: “May we approach this election season with curiosity instead of fear, compassion instead of contempt, and conviction rooted in justice and love.” 

Sr. Eilis McCulloh, HM, NETWORK Grassroots Education and Organizing Specialist, shared ways people can act in the campaign. These included: 

• Help people register to vote or check their voter registration status at networkadvocates.org/vote  
• Share See. Love. Vote. Resources in English and Spanish, and on the campaign webpage. 
• Sign up for NETWORK Advocates’ See. Love. Vote summer election trainings, July 21, or July 22. 

See. Love. Vote. will run through the November elections and currently has over 50 organizational partners across the country. For more information, including resources and the full video of the launch, visit: networkadvocates.org/vote  

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